Cloud & Virtualisation

Türk Telekom has announced a partnership with fellow Turkish firm Odine with to shape the future with 5G and new generation technologies.

Operator Turk Telekom is in the MWC news yet again, this time with an announcement that it has selected network software provider Mavenir and ComPro for an 4G/5G open vRAN pilot.

Today, the IPv6 Forum themed "IPv6: Release Connectivity Potential, Boost Digital Economy" was held at MWC22 Barcelona.

VMware, a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all apps, has announced at MWC 2022 that it has been selected by Safaricom Ethiopia as its Telco Cloud Platform partner.

Network software provider Mavenir has announced that it will be showcasing Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud-hosted 5G core network for various 4G/5G use cases at this year’s Mobile World Congress 2022. Mavenir is already working with customers for trials and deployment of Mavenir’s end-to-end solution on AWS.

Cloud-related deals have been in the news recently – notably in the form of two major announcements affecting Thailand and the MEA region.

Emirates Telecommunication Group Company (Etisalat) said that its business unit Etisalat Digital announced a partnership with NICE, an AI-powered self-service solutions provider, to drive the availability of the CXone platform in the UAE.

Zain Cloud, the cloud computing service provided by Saudi’s mobile telecom company, Zain KSA, has launched a suite of new cloud computing products and services to support businesses in the kingdom.

Global connectivity provider Epsilon Telecommunications is providing customers with access to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region in Indonesia. This is the second AWS Region in Southeast Asia other than Singapore.

Tigo Business Guatemala, in collaboration with Microsoft, announced the first Cloud Center of Excellence ( CCoE ) in the Central American region.

Beijing-based cloud computing service provider, Capital Online, has selected Nokia to upgrade its IP backbone network.

Israeli telecommunications provider Bezeq has announced that the Bezeq Group, through Bezeq International, has signed a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of 70 percent of the shares of the cloud computing company, CloudEdge, from its controlling shareholder, Softwatch.

Singapore’s M1 has confirmed its intent to acquire a stake of “up to 70%” in Malaysia’s Glocomp Systems and two affiliate firms for SG$36 million (US$26.4 million).

Indonesia’s Telkomsel has selected Synchronoss’ personal cloud solution to provide its subscribers with the ability to back up and manage their valuable digital content, including photos and videos, from any device.

Iraqi internet service provider ScopeSky has tapped Nokia’s Nuage Networks to deploy its Virtualised Network Services (VNS) Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN).

Veon has signed a seven-year agreement with Amdocs to enable innovative digital services for its customers in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. 

Russia’s national telecommunications operator Rostelecom PJSC has designed a cloud platform in cooperation with the company JSC MCST, which has developed the Elbrus processor.

Route Mobile’s UK subsidiary is acquiring Masivian (Masiv), which provides cloud communication platform services to enterprises in Latin America.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs, is opening a new data centre design facility in Zagreb, Croatia.

The Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has Granted a unified license to RingCentral, a provider of global enterprise cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration and contact centre solutions.

India's telecom operator Bharti Airtel said that it has successfully demonstrated cloud gaming in the country over a 5G network.

Hyperscalers like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft adding bandwidth far faster than regional operators in the Middle East.

The UAE’s du has partnered with Wipro to launch a new multi-cloud platform offering management and migration capabilities.

Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA), the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC), and Google Cloud announced yesterday bolstering their strategic partnership to include establishing a new Center of Excellence training facility and new Google office in the State of Qatar.

The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huawei that will see African countries and organizations build capacity for ICT transformation.

Alibaba is clearly keeping busy in the Southeast Asian market. Recent reports indicate major new or ongoing initiatives in the Philippines and Malaysia, along with general investment in the region.

Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), the largest mobile network operator in Russia, has signed a cooperation agreement with Microsoft and SAP.

Brazilian mobile market leader Telefonica Brasil (Vivo) performed tests with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the native operation of the core of a 5G standalone (5G SA) network in the cloud, and the results were validated for the performance parameters of a 5G SA network.